“Dalí went on shocking the bourgeoisie till the end.”
The benign catastrophist (2003)
Context: Dalí went on shocking the bourgeoisie till the end. The others, Ernst, Magritte, were all accepted into the critical fold as serious painters. Only Dalí held out till the end. He just didn't give a damn.
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